Restart playback with `space` key binding

[Keith94]

Expected behavior of the wanted feature

I was looking for a simple way to bind space to restart playback when end of file is reached, same way that YouTube does it.

control.lua can achieve this, for example with space script-binding control/cycle-pause, but it contains lots of extra stuff.

If there's enough interest maybe this feature can be added in directly to ModernZ, or optionally under a wiki page.

[Samillion]

Try

#input.conf
SPACE    seek 0 absolute; cycle pause

[Keith94]

The only problem with that is pressing space will always go back to beginning (even in the middle of playback) so it's not ideal.

[Samillion]

I think I misunderstood. I still don't quite understand, you said:

a simple way to bind space to restart playback when end of file is reached

That's from the beginning, right?

If you meant to do it automatically, you can use the loop button. Again, sorry if I'm misunderstanding the request.

[Samillion]

Did you mean you want to assign the keybind automatically at end of playback otherwise the keybind is normal?

You can add this as a script: ie: myplayback.lua

mp.observe_property("eof-reached", "bool", function(_, val)
    if val then
        mp.set_key_bindings({
           {"SPACE", function() mp.command("seek 0 absolute; cycle pause") end}
        }, "my-playback-restart", "force")
        
        mp.enable_key_bindings("my-playback-restart")
    else
        mp.disable_key_bindings("my-playback-restart")
    end
end)

[Keith94]

You can add this as a script: ie: myplayback.lua

Perfect ! That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much

[Samillion]

You are very welcome, and happy new year! 🥳

[Keith94]

Happy New Year & ty for all the support. 👍🏻

[Keith94]

Sam, I want MBTN_LEFT to do the same thing as SPACE in your code. How can I add MBTN_LEFT properly?

[Samillion]

Try:

mp.observe_property("eof-reached", "bool", function(_, val)
    if val then
        mp.set_key_bindings({
           {"SPACE", function() mp.command("seek 0 absolute; cycle pause") end},
           {"MBTN_LEFT", function() mp.command("seek 0 absolute; cycle pause") end},
        }, "my-playback-restart", "force")
        
        mp.enable_key_bindings("my-playback-restart")
    else
        mp.disable_key_bindings("my-playback-restart")
    end
end)

But this conflicts with pause-indicator-lite I think, let me know. I can disable the indicator keybind on end of file or make it an option.

[Keith94]

Great, It's working perfectly. Thanks. You're right about the conflict, though.